Vehicle-cleaning device.



PATENTED MAE. 12,1907.

` E. E. EUCH. VEHICLE CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 24, 1906.

BURTON H. HIGH, or TOPRKA, KANSAS.

VEHICLE-CLEANING DEv|cl-:.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed March 24,1906. Serial No. 307.915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, BURTON H. PUGH, a, citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Cleaning Devices, ofl which the following is a specification.

\ My invention pertains to fountainbrushes;

and it has for its object to provide a simple, durable, and efficient device of the fountainbrush type designed more .particularly to be i used after the manner of a swab in washing and cleani vehicles.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same` is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of-this specification,

- in wlnc @Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of the device constituting the present and preferred embodiment of my invention, and Fig.

2 is a front -end elevation of the same.

Similar letters designatecorresponding parts 1n both views of the drawings, referring to which- A is the. tubular handle of my novel device, I

I which is providedI at its rear end with a nipple B-or other suitable means for adapting' it to be readily connected to ahose or 4the like and is exteriorly threaded at its forward body of the device. The tubular handle A is preferably of metal, while the body C is of eech or other suitable wood. Said body C is, however, rovided in .its rear portion with a thim le D, preferably of Babbitt metal, into which the handle A is screwed, and hence it will be seen that the body is strongly and. durabl connected in a fixed manner to the hand e. v The body C is further provided with la bore b in communication with the handle A and radial passages c, extending from said bore to its outer side, and in its said outer side it has a continuous spiral groove d of about the proportional depth shown in Fig. 1, for a purpose presently set forth.

In addition to the body C the brush of 'my novel device comprises a continuous `band E of cotton cordingand a continuous retainingstrip F, preferably of brass wire, through the medium of whichthe continuous band of cota., and C is the brush' BGSSGS.

ton cording is retained or held in the spiral groove d of the body C. The said retaining-` strip F is seated in the bight of'the continuous band of cotton cording and is connected at its ends to the body C, whereby it will be apparent that it will serve to hold the cotton cording on the body C in a strong and durable manner'and so that the cording will form a dense mass well adapted for cleaning vehicles without scratching or otherwise marring the same. y

In the practical use of my novel device the operator grasps the handle A at a point'adiacent to the nipple B and manipulates the same after the manner of a swab. When this is done a-nd water is supplied to the tubular tion and -is well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which such devices are ordinarily subjected.

, Having described my invention, claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cleaning `device of the fountain-brush type, comprising a tubular handle', a brushbody fixed on one end of the handle and having a bore arranged to receive water from the ytubular handle, and a continuous spiral groove in its outer side, and also having radial passages extending from the bore to its4 outer side, at points between whirls of the continuous spiral groove, a continuous band of cotton cording arrangedwith itsbight in the continuous spiral groove ofthe body, and

what IA a retaining-strip seated in the bight of 4the n continuous band of cotton cording so as to lgold same in the groove and connected to the ody. I

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing W1t.

BURTON H. PUGH.

Witnesses:

WINN MARTIN, Cms. STEIGER.

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